Amherst College Coach Battles
Against Use of Aluminum Bats

By

Stefan Fatsis Staff Reporter of The Wall Street Journal

Updated Feb. 22, 2002 12:01 a.m. ET

Bill Thurston last week began his 37th season as the baseball coach at Amherst College. His teams have won nearly 70% of their games, around 650 in all. Twenty-three of his players have signed pro contracts, two have reached the big leagues.

Now Mr. Thurston is racking up some other impressive numbers: seven depositions last year, 25 hours of questioning, five hours on a witness stand. "Every week I'm getting a subpoena and...